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• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  new experience to sit on the subway for so long. We ate lunch together ... excited to try new things. For the first four semesters of MIT, this has led ... , and I’m really looking forward to the trip. [caption id

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  opened up the floodgates of my hatred for those stupid HASS requirements ... be required for my major." Mom: "So take 24.900, it fulfills all the ... elected officials, think tanks, interest groups, the media, and the public

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  While I have studied in the US for two years before coming to MIT, I was ... 'ethnocentricity', which then became a running joke between the students."]for living ... . This year, ESG celebrated its 50th anniversary and I got to act (for the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  ridiculous-looking formula sheets to show you. In the book The Idea Factory by ... students are "highly encouraged" to show up at 8:30 AM -- the test officially ... allowed to have notecards for 18.01. We were supposed to memorize all the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events We’re Pumped For! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  getting lost looking for events? Instead, get lost in this year’s Next Big ... been building the NEXT BIG THING for the past few weeks (and probably ... House converts the TFL (which we recently found out stands for Tastefully

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art is Everywhere! [by Emma Frank '15] Public Art at MIT

  

  ://listart.mit.edu/public_art for virtual tours and more information on the individual pieces ... first impression I had). With the Percent for Art program instated in 1968 ... commission art for the space. One of the most recent of these pieces is

  • by ARTalk
  • October 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  , at the beginning, for the freshman picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through, for the unveiling of the class ring. The ... bids for the very lucrative ring contract: 90% of all students will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  The Center for World University Rankings, and the high school has been ... become a role model to the bulk of the community that watches. For the past ... young boys he'd met through the charity he founded for underprivileged and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  enjoyable and rewarding for you and your families as it was for me. The ... opportunity to make similar memories for yourselves. The first word of the MIT ... off (slightly) and you start preparing for the even bigger thrill of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  experience from the point of view of a recent graduate. Look for more ... releasing decisions as the day draws nearer. Look for more news soon. blank ... wrote, "Do we need to send a copy of the official score report for our AP

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  out if MIT is the right place for them. This amazing blog post by Yuliya ... . Fun fact: I had been the travel coordinator for my friend group (Kathryn Z ... could end up missing the train because of me! Ask your host for help. My

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  .Y. Before anyone could go running for the police, the new guide explained that ... fall, for reasons unrelated to the pseudo-kidnapping, which took place at ... admissions staff. She and her mother realized that the background music for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  your missed shot for the rest of the match. Incentive to hit the center ... the morning. My spot on the bench Me shooting I shot a 513 for my ... . Looking at the menu I saw a half-pound burger with bacon, but I wasn't sure

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  deliberation, all the conversations and requests for advice and frustration and ... I saw the Milky Way for the first time a couple of summers ago, I ... never looked back. “There is no human face to the science of physics,” he

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  Microsoft. MIT is behind you. After the stairs make a 180-degree turn and look ... map below) or wait for someone to open the door for you. If it’s daytime ... Media Lab was the setting for the upside down lounge hack the CPW when I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  feelings on what I want the future to look like. Had you asked me in my ... things changed. From there, the future looked like Duke University, with ... library. Sometimes it's the Santa Monica pier for a quick bite before

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  look forward to bumping into them on the Infinite and watching them grow ... time, I don't want you to think we're just happy for the people who got ... that's not something I would say just for the sake of saying it. Don

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  took computer repair classes to prepare for the CompTIA A+ certfication ... the parts needed for the repair is no longer being sold. So instead they ... aware of this as the modeling software Solidworks only works for PC

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  …and basically the first time I’ve lived like a real adult. My official title at ... on a client-facing team building a brand new feature for the Play ... setup was perfect for me. The first week or so, I took time to familiarize

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  navigate whether that community is the right one for you. A great line I ... application deadline?” or “What are the SAT requirements for MIT?” I know we ... into the floor right where you’re standing. The good news for you is, we

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019